A poem for the Narrative Lectionary
An old creation
story
Haiku from the
dreamtime
The ancient story
sees the divine
creator
sculpting humankind.
The Eden garden;
fruitfulness to be
enjoyed,
The man must tend
it.
The tree of
knowledge
of good and evil is
there;
a great temptation.
What did God expect
from her arboreal
ban:
don’t eat of this
tree?
Humans dominate
the other creatures,
even
giving them their
names.
The man sleeps
deeply
as the woman is
taken,
rib-like, from his
side.
Fashioned from the
ground
the man and woman of
dust
belong to the earth.
She is his helper;
he will be her
helper, too.
They will be
partners
What means this
order;
first the man, then
the woman?
Damn patriarchy!
Two will become one,
this divine purpose:
friendship,
support, and
oneness.
©
Ken Rookes 2019
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